Fiction REINCARNATION, Vol. 1

Trigger of War

<37> Trigger of War

The Resource Development Bureau established a Colonial Development Office and dispatched its staff last year to deal exclusively with the construction of a colony on the M-Globe. The Star Wars Corps also send Security Forces to protect them. The Colonial Development Office installed a huge transparent dome on the ground and constructed office buildings and lodging facilities inside it. Then the workers began to raise water from the ice floor below and build amenities.

The Resource Development Bureau also launched a communications satellite and moved a large space station into the M-Globe orbit. When the workers finish the runway, more engineers and equipment will be sent to the ground base of the M-Globe.

As the colonial project was pushed forward, Antimon began to show strong opposition. In the meantime, its resistance has not gone beyond the level of claiming sovereignty over the M-Globe. However, as the infrastructure began to be built, Antimon's criticism intensified and unidentified multipurpose aircraft appeared at the site, showing threatening behaviors. There is no clear evidence, but they are assumed to be Antimon's aircrafts. It must be Antimon's move to disrupt the colonial project.

Antimon can capture the M-Globe by force at any given time. This is because the facilities that were built to develop the M-Globe long ago remain and have a huge base on the Merion4, the parent planet of the M-Globe. In addition, on the orbit of Merion4, there are Antimon's space station and satellites. The air raiders that appear over M-Globe are likely to have originated from the secret base on the planet Merion4. Due to such advantages, the Antimon authorities must have judged that armed conflict at M-Globe is not disadvantageous.

The M-Globe is closely watched by space satellite and ground patrols of the Security Forces, but no clear signs of Antimon were found. Flying objects that seem to be Antimon's air raiders are difficult to track because they move very quickly and unpredictably. For the Star Wars Corps, it is imperative to reveal the identity and origin of those flying objects.

"This is Operations Director. Report the latest situation in M-Globe."

"This is M-Globe base. Unidentified flying objects reappeared. They flew low over the base."

"Did the objects attack the base?"

"No, it's just threat flight. There was a loud roar and thick smoke covered the sky."

"Maintain combat readiness and respond promptly in the event of an enemy attack. Be careful not to expose your position."

"All of our ground bases are completely covered up."

"This is Operations Director. Come out, Space War Command."

"This is Space War Command. The commander will be connected to you."

"Commander, immediately send a Space satellite over M-Globe."

The Operations Director also asked the Space Exploration Headquarters' Satellite Control Bureau to strengthen surveillance of Antimon's satellites floating on the orbit of Merion4 and M-Globe. In response, Satellite Control Bureau promised to send one satellite each over Merion4 and M-Globe.

"This is M-Globe base, the enemy plane reappeared. They disappeared after briefly circling over the colony development area. The site is covered with smoke and electromagnetic waves, and enemy planes are not caught by radar."

"This is Operations Director. Come out, Satellite Control Bureau. Did you observe the enemy planes that appeared over the M-Globe?"

"We've got five planes coming up and firing smoke bombs. But after firing the bombs, they suddenly disappeared from the observation lens. We have failed to track more."